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UNirnD STATES PATENT Onricn.

NELSON THERIEN, OF HAMMOND, INDIANA.

CEILING ORNAMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,531, dated December 20, 1892.

Application filed February 18, 1892. Serial No. 421.936. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, NELSON THEMEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ceiling Ornaments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying` drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved ornament for ceilings, as the same appears when placed in position; Fig. 2 is a diametrical sectional View of the same in its applied position; Fig. 3 is aaplan of the upper side of the device which faces the ceiling; Fig. 4 is a View of the underside, with the depending paper iiaps or wings laid down dat upon the wooden base or disk, as the device appears when not in use but ready for packing and shipping; and Fig. 5 is a diametrical sectional View of the device in the form or condition in which it is shown in Fig. 4.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention has relation to that type of paper ornaments for the ceilings, walls, or corners of rooms, which are designed to be applied to or around the chandelier rosette, or to the brackets of wall-Sconces, for the twofold purpose of embellishing the chandelier or sconce, and also protecting the same from fly-specks. As heretofore constructed, such ornaments have been made up by cutting the designs out from vari-colored sheets of tissue paper, arranging the same according to some predetermined ornamental figure or design, and then tacking or pasting them upon the ceiling or wall around the stem of the chandelier or sconce, as the case may be. But this method of applying the design is not only comparatively laborious, but is objectionable because the ceiling or wall-paper (as the case may be) is disfigured and often injured by the tacks or paste used in applying the device; and hence the object of my improvement is to provide against such disiigurement, and, at the same time, construct an ornament already fully made up, or in a finished shape, of any suitableV size and design, Which can be placed on the market and sold as an article of manufacture, and can be applied in its proper place, and in a very few minutes, by any person, as it does not require (as the old style of this type of ornaments do) any artistic taste or skill in its application.

My invention, therefore, consists in the construction and combination of parts of a protecting paper ornament, of that particular type, as an improved article of manufacture.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a fiat base or disk, preferably made of Wood or stiff pasteboard, and of any `desired size or outline. On the drawings I have shown this disk as of circular shape; but it may be oval, rectangular, diamond shape, or of any other approved configuration, according to the particular place or purpose for which it is to be employed. This base has a central aperture, B, of sufficient size to let the stem of the chandelier pass through, and is divided into sections, a, b, c and d, which are detachably connected to one another by the cleats O.

To the under side of the base A is attached the ornamental part of the device, which consists of the flies or Wings D, cut or stamped out of tissue paper of various colors and fastened edgewise upon the flat base, in such a manner that when the base is suspended horizontally below the ceiling, these ornament flaps will depend from it, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2, encircling the stem of the chandelier, shown at E.

To the opposite ornpper side of disk A are fastened folding wire bails or brackets, F, which, when the device is not in use, may be folded down flat against the disk, as shown in Fig. 5; but when the device is being prepared for use, these wire brackets are opened upwardly and outwardly, so that, when the disk is suspended under the ceiling, by means .of a short cord or wire, G, the apex of'each bracket will touch and abut against the under side of the ceiling H, thus leaving an open space between the ceiling and disk A. In

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as to emit a smoke which will destroy or drive away mosquitoes and other insects collected on the ceiling or in other parts of the room. These Wire brackets also operate as braces, to steady the device and hold it firmly in its place below the ceiling.v If desired, the wire brackets F may be ornamented by gilding, nickelplating, or covering them with fancy desi-gus of tissue paper, or in any other suitable manner, thereby not only serving a useful purpose, but adding much to the general attractiveness of the device.

Instead of using the device as a center ornament, as illustrated on the drawings, the sections may be taken apart, forming sectors, a, b, c and d, one or more of which may be fitted into the square corners of a room, and there form depositories for fly poison, dac., as well as serving as ornaments.

It will be obvious that the design of the device may be varied in very many ways, asindividual taste may direct, both as regards the configuration of the base and the shape and arrangement ofthe depending paper flaps or flies. When folded up flat, it will occupy butlittle room, and a large number can be packed together in a box (say one dozen in each) for the trade.

The device is very inexpensive, easy of adjustment and removal, and, as stated at the outset of this specification, will not disgure or injure the ceiling or wall in the least. It will also be obvious that the base or disk A, may be made in one solid piece, or if made of several layers of wood, these several layers should be crossed to prevent warping.

In applying thc device to a Wall or ceiling,

screw-eyes should be used as a means of fastening, and inthe case of a ceiling ornament, the disk may be provided with ahook having a cord attached which passes through the screweye, and can be fastened at some suitable p r'ntwithin the room by carrying it through additional screw-eyes servingas guid es,where by the disk may be raised or lowered, as may be desired. Again, the disk or base itself should be either covered with paper, or else suitably painted to correspond to the colors seen from below.

Instead of using cleats to secure the several sections together, when the disk is made of two or more pieces, hinges may be used for the same purpose, and, byinserting the ends of the brackets f, through staples, the brackets may be folded back, out of the way, in packing, in a simple and expeditious manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States:

As a new article of manufacture, the herein-described ornamental device for the -ceilings or walls of rooms, comprising the sectional disk or base Ahaving folding and depending ornamental llies D and folding brackets F; substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NELSON THERIEN.

Witnesses:

S. K. EILLsoN, A. H. WILLIAMS.

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